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The suspect is accused of threatening on social networks to shoot the crowd if Joe Biden wins the US presidential election.
Threats taken very seriously. A man in his thirties was arrested by local police and the FBI on Friday in the Los Angeles area of California (United States), while he was in a vehicle reports the Los Angeles Times. He was taken into custody and a search was carried out at his home.
“The FBI is aware of the threats reported, and we are working with our partners. The subject is being evaluated by state officials ”FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller said in a statement.
The respondent is being prosecuted for making serious threats on the social network Instagram, in a story: “If Biden is elected, I’ll act like a school shooter, just eliminate all these Democrats”. The suspect’s mental health will be examined and his custody could be extended as such, explains the American newspaper. The video in which he makes these disturbing remarks was posted on Twitter.
Breaking: The FBI is investigating a Los Angeles Trump supporter who threatened violence if Biden wins, according to the LAPD. In a video posted on his IG last night, he warned he would “do a school shooter” if Biden won.
FBI currently at his home, according to a source. pic.twitter.com/hU1nE2OLYr
– Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) November 6, 2020
Two gunmen arrested in Philadelphia the day before
Police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, announced the arrest of two gunmen on Thursday evening near the state convention center, where the counting of the US presidential election ballots is still underway. The suspects were suspected of having prepared an attack.
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said that an FBI office in Norfolk, Virginia (a neighboring state) had received information a few hours earlier saying that armed men from Virginia Beach were arriving in Philadelphia to get to the vote counting center.
Pennsylvania election: Philadelphia police investigating alleged plot to attack Pa. Convention Center – 6abc Philadelphia https://t.co/kNrAeS6sbC
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 6, 2020
Law enforcement spotted the suspects vehicle, a silver Hummer, before locating the two suspects, 42 and 61, who did have firearms, but did not have a valid license to hold them in Pennsylvania. The latter were charged with carrying concealed firearms without a license, a felony, and carrying a firearm on the public highway, a misdemeanor, detailed the prosecutor of Philadelphia, Larry Krasner.
An election but still no winner
The United States still does not know the name of its new president this Friday. Many voters have chosen to vote by mail, in the face of the coronavirus epidemic which is hitting the country hard.
The count continues in several states, including Pennsylvania where the Democratic candidate now has a lead of around 15,000 votes over incumbent President Donald Trump. An important state which has 20 major voters and whose outcome could lead Joe Biden to victory. The results are also still not arrested in Arizona, Nevada, but also Georgia or North Carolina.
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